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2018-11-02

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East Londonderry

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Rory Stewart

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<p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for
criminals to bring contraband, including drugs and mobile phones, into prisons. Last
year we launched Operation Trenton, a specialist team of Prison Service and Police
investigators, to work together to intercept drones and track down the criminals behind
them.</p><p>It is not possible to identify from centrally held data which convictions
secured under the Prison Act 1952 relate specifically to drones. However, we believe
that at least 45 people have been convicted of illicit drone activity, with those
sentenced serving a total of more than 140 years in prison. On 26 October, following
the largest investigation of its kind, an organised criminal gang of 15 were collectively
sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison for using drones to drop drugs into a number
of prisons. The ringleader, Lee Anslow, received a sentence of 10 years, the highest
single sentence for drone-related activity to date.</p>

<p>Prison population projection data for England and Wales from July 2018 to March
2023, is regularly published by the department and is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-ns"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-population-projections-ns</a></p>

<p>Figures on the number of people sentenced to custody for offences of animal cruelty
under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 from 2015 to 2017 can be found in the Outcomes by
Offence data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>Search ‘Offence’ for ‘108a Animal Cruelty under sections 4-8 under Animal Welfare
Act 2006’.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to remember that these figures are on a principle
offence basis. When a defendant has been prosecuted for two or more offences, the
principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty would be imposed.</p>

<p>Sentencing guidelines are developed and reviewed by the independent Sentencing
Council.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the Sentencing Council is currently revising
the definitive sentencing guideline on assault and will be considering recent changes
to legislation as part of this.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what liaison arrangements exist between
the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) framework in England and Wales
and the MAPPA frameworks in (a) Scotland and (b) Northern Ireland.

<p>Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are separate, distinct frameworks
in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. However, practitioners from Scotland
and Northern Ireland are invited to attend MAPPA Improvement Group meetings in England
and Wales and may join the MAPPA website (a secure online tool to facilitate policy
announcements, consultation and communication between MAPPA practitioners). The Police
National Lead for MAPPA in England and Wales visited colleagues in Scotland in May
2017 and Northern Ireland in October 2018.</p>

<p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for offences under the Dangerous
Dogs Act 1991, in England and Wales from 2015 to 2017 (the latest currently available
data), can be obtained from the ‘Experimental Statistics: Principal Offence proceedings
and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool’ in the annual criminal justice
statistics publication, linked below. Select the below offence codes from the ‘offence
code’ drop down box:</p><p> </p><p>821 Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be
dangerously out of control in a public place injuring any person</p><p>822 Owner or
person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place and injure any person</p><p>11112
Breeding or breeding from a fighting dog</p><p>11113 Selling, exchanging, offering,
advertising or exposing for sale a fighting dog</p><p>11114 Giving or offering to
give a fighting dog or dangerous dog</p><p>11115 Allowing a fighting dog to be in
a public place without a muzzle or a lead</p><p>11116 Abandoning, or allowing to stray,
a fighting dog</p><p>11117 Possess or have custody of a fighting dog</p><p>11118 Owner
or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place,
without injury being caused</p><p>11119 Owner or person in charge allowing dog to
enter a non- public place causing reasonable apprehension of injury to a person</p><p>11125
Owner / person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control - no injury</p><p> </p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p>

<p>The three Inspectorates are members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM)
and as such participated in two NPM business meetings in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In addition,
the Chief Inspector for England &amp; Wales and the Chief Inspector for Scotland were
part of a NPM Steering Group which met on three occasions in 2017. On a fourth occasion,
membership included the Chief Inspector for England &amp; Wales and a member of the
Criminal Justice Inspectorate for Northern Ireland (CJINI).</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number
of (a) confiscated drones and (b) persons prosecuted for the illegal use of a drone
in the vicinity of a prison in the last two years.

<p>We are taking decisive steps to tackle the use of drones as a supply route for
organised criminals to bring illicit items such as drugs and mobile phones into prisons.
These drone operators can be prosecuted for offences related to conveyance of items
into prison under the Prison Act 1952. Last year we launched Operation Trenton, a
specialist team of police and Prison Service investigators, to work together to intercept
drones and track down the criminals behind them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, 92 drones
were recovered. In 2017, 73 were recovered.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of persons prosecuted
for the illegal use of a drone in the vicinity of a prison in the last two years,
we do not hold this data centrally. However, we believe that at least 45 people have
been convicted of illicit drone activity, with those sentenced serving a total of
more than 140 years in prison. On 26 October 2018, following the largest investigation
of its kind, an organised criminal gang of 15 were collectively sentenced to nearly
40 years in prison for using drones to drop drugs into a number of prisons. The ringleader
received a sentence of 10 years, the highest single sentence for drone-related activity
to date.</p>

<p>The maximum penalty for television license fee evasion is a Level 3 fine, so a
custodial sentence may not be imposed for this offence. In 2017 fines accounted for
99.5% of sentencing outcomes for television license fee evasion.</p><p> </p><p>Where
offenders fail to pay fines, the courts have a range of enforcement powers, including,
in the last resort, imprisonment of the offender.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2018
to Question 198197 on Television: Licensing, what estimate he has made of the number
of people who have been given custodial sentences for failure to pay fines levied
for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last three years.